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A little less, but this was a small asteroid. Dimorphos is 170-ish meters in diameter. The asteroid that made the Chicxulub crater (the accused dino-killer) is
by gs17 4y ago
A little less, but this was a small asteroid. Dimorphos is 170-ish meters in diameter. The asteroid that made the Chicxulub crater (the accused dino-killer) is thought to have been 10 kilometers in diameter.
- tatersolid 4y agoYes but an asteroid that large can be detected and deflected much further away such that even a “nudge” such as this test can avoid earth impact.